Since Jan. 1 of this year, according to congressional testimony presented Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the Federal
Aviation Administration has authorized 106 federal, state and local
government “entities” to fly “unmanned aircraft systems,” also known as
drones, within U.S. airspace.
“We are now on the edge of a new horizon: using unmanned aerial
systems within the homeland,” House Homeland Security Oversight
Subcommittee Chairman Michael McCaul (R.-Texas) said